Editing Shivkumar Sharma (section)

== Personal life ==
Sharma married Manorama<ref name="notebynote" /><ref>{{cite web |date=18 August 2006 |title=Sultan of strings: Shivakumar Sharma |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1048006&pageid=2 |access-date=7 February 2009 |publisher=DNA |archive-date=11 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511045854/https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/grandeur-sultan-of-strings-shiv-kumar-sharma-1048006 |url-status=live }}</ref> and had  two sons, Rohit, who learned Sitar and is currently an executive with Sony India<ref name="rediffinterview" /> and [[Rahul Sharma (musician)|Rahul]], who started learning at the age of 13 to become a [[santoor]] player,<ref>{{cite web |date=18 March 1998 |title=Virasaat |url=http://www.rediff.com/style/1998/mar/18rahul.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516073156/http://www.rediff.com/style/1998/mar/18rahul.htm |archive-date=16 May 2008 |access-date=7 February 2009 |work=rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dastur |first1=Nicole |date=3 July 2006 |title=What's Rahul Sharma's Dalai Lama connection? |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/pune-times/whats-rahul-sharmas-dalai-lama-connection/articleshow/1702443.cms |access-date=7 February 2009 |archive-date=14 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114102836/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/pune-times/Whats-Rahul-Sharmas-Dalai-Lama-connection/articleshow/1702443.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> and they performed together since 1996.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 July 2007 |title=Santoor notes that bind: father-son 'Jugalbandi' |url=http://www.livemint.com/2007/07/01145054/Santoor-notes-that-bind-fathe.html |access-date=7 February 2009 |publisher=livemint.com |archive-date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220041832/https://www.livemint.com/2007/07/01145054/santoor-notes-that-bind-fathe.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=29 July 2008 |title=Inner Melodies |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Inner-Melodies/341516/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003153340/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Inner-Melodies/341516/ |archive-date=3 October 2012 |access-date=7 February 2009 |work=The Indian Express}}</ref> In a 1999 interview, Sharma stated that he chose Rahul as his ''[[shishya]]'', because he thought he had the "gift of God".<ref name="rediffinterview" /> He became a staunch devotee and follower of [[Sathya Sai Baba]] after starting off as a sceptic.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=3NcVpOcpO9c | title=Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma talk about Sri Sathya Sai Baba | website=[[YouTube]] | date=24 February 2013 }}</ref>

Sharma died on 10 May 2022 from a cardiac arrest. He was 84 years old. He had kidney failure for the last few months and went through regular dialysis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/entertainment/pandit-shivkumar-sharma-dies-santoor-maestro-and-music-composer-passes-away-at-84-due-to-cardiac-arrest-3689704.html|title=Pandit Shivkumar Sharma Dies: Santoor Maestro and Music Composer Passes Away at 84 Due to Cardiac Arrest|work=LatestLY|date=10 May 2022 |access-date=10 May 2022|archive-date=10 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510163715/https://www.latestly.com/entertainment/pandit-shivkumar-sharma-dies-santoor-maestro-and-music-composer-passes-away-at-84-due-to-cardiac-arrest-3689704.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma passes away">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=Santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/santoor-maestro-shivkumar-sharma-passes-away/article65400723.ece |access-date=10 May 2022 |date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510135730/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/santoor-maestro-shivkumar-sharma-passes-away/article65400723.ece |archive-date=10 May 2022 |language=en-IN}}</ref> He received a state funeral at [[Pawan Hans]] Juhu aerodrome, Mumbai, on 11 May 2022.<ref name=dreamfulfilled/>